Puzzle Authors: IndiaPrasanna Seshadri, Rajesh Kumar, Ashish Kumar, Swaroop Guggilam, Rakesh Rai, Anoon Nimar

General Notes: Note that the Puzzle Grand Prix rules have changed this year, resulting in separate Casual and Competitive sections in this test. The two sections will be in different PDFs for downloading convenience. Please see the detailed rules for competitors at: http://www.gp.worldpuzzle.org/content/rules .

1-3. Fill in the Blank [Swaroop Guggilam] (11, 16, 13 points)

Determine what the “?” symbol should be replaced with to make a sensible pattern.

Note: The third puzzle will be in color, but seeing the exact colors is not necessary to solve the puzzle.

Answer: What replaces the “?” symbol.

Example Answer: 21

2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?, 34

Puzzle 1: 1, 3, 11, 27, 53, ?, 143

Puzzle 2: 6, 20, ?, 72, 110

1 1 1

7 4 6 8 7 4 7 ? 2

9 2 2

Puzzle 3:

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4-6. Buttons [Anoon Nimar] (6, 2, 9 points)The grid is full of dark and light buttons. When a button is pressed, its color changes (from dark to light or light to dark), as well as any buttons directly above, below, left, and right of it. Press exactly [three] buttons with [a letter] on them, so that all the buttons become [white]. (Buttons that have the same symbols on them are not connected in any way.)

In the actual puzzles, the words in the brackets will be replaced with other terms.

Answer: Enter the symbols on the buttons you must press, in order from top-to-bottom. For buttons in the same row, enter them in order from left-to-right.

Example Answer: BDB

7. Determine the number of squares (of any size) in the diagram that contain exactly one odd number (ignore any even numbers).

8. Determine the number of squares (of any size) in the diagram that contain exactly one even number (ignore any odd numbers).

9. Determine the number of squares (of any size) in the diagram that contain exactly one odd number and one even number.

Answer: The number of squares.

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7-9. Count Shapes [Anoon Nimar] (22, 16, 13 points; 11, 8, 6 points for a “close” incorrect answer)

7 7 5 4 8 4 1 6 8 8 5 4 4 2 8 1 3 5 4 5 1 7 6 7 3 4 6 1 2 4 2 2 3 4 6 1

4. Press exactly 6 buttons with even digits on them, so that all the buttons become white.

6 5 7 2 7 8 5 6 8 7 8 7 6 6 4 1 8 2 7 3 7 7 4 8 3 1 6 3 4 1 6 1 7 7 6 5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5

5. Press exactly 6 buttons with odd digits on them, so that all the buttons become white.

6. Press exactly 6 buttons with digits on them, so that all the buttons become white.

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Find some regions of the dartboard whose numbers add up to the specified target score. The regions must all be different and the number of regions is indicated by the number of darts depicted next to the dartboard.

Answer: Enter the numbers in the regions, from smallest to largest, separated by commas.

Example Answer: 10,15,18,36,40

Locate the list of words in the grid. Words always appear in a line in one of the eight standard directions.

For the first and second puzzles, all words will appear exactly once. For the third puzzle, two words in the list cannot be found in the grid, and some words might appear more than once.

Answer [example and first two puzzles]: For each designated row (or column), enter the unused letters in that row (or column), from left to right (or top to bottom).

Answer [3rd puzzle only]: Enter the two words that cannot be found in the grid.

Example Answer: AG,AL

10-12. Darts [Anoon Nimar] (13, 10, 21 points)

13-14. Word Search [Swaroop Guggilam] (6, 7 points)

D A G D A R A A S L A L G D A B

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10. Target = 111

70 38 66 58 74 54 42 32 44

11. Target = 222

41 97 71 48 98 57 38 34 85

12. Target = 333

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Locate the indicated fleet in the grid. Each piece of a ship occupies a single cell. A cell that does not contain a ship piece is considered „sea“. Ships can be rotated. Ships do not touch each other, not even diagonally (that is, if two ship pieces are in adjacent cells, they must be part of the same ship). The contents of some cells are given for you.

Each number to the right and bottom of the grid reveals the number of ship pieces that must be located in that row or column (including any that might be given for you).

The numbers on top of the diagram are for Answer purposes only.

Answer: For each row from top to bottom, enter the number of the first column from the left where a ship piece appears (the small number in the cell, or the number on top of that column). Use only the last digit for two-digit numbers; e.g., use ‘0’ if the first ship piece appears in column 10. If the row is empty, enter ‘0’.

Example Answer: 1317171

15. Word Search [Swaroop Guggilam] (40 points)

16. Battleships [Prasanna Seshadri] (47 points)

Answer [3rd puzzle only]: Enter the two words that cannot be found in the grid.

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17-18. Battleships [Prasanna Seshadri] (21, 20 points)Answer: For each row from top to bottom, enter the number of the first column from the left where a ship piece appears (the small number in the cell, or the number on top of that column). Use only the last digit for two-digit numbers; e.g., use ‘0’ if the first ship piece appears in column 10. If the row is empty, enter ‘0’.

Example Answer: 1317171

3 3 4 1 4 1 4 4 0 5 2 3 0 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 817

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